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  • Messages and images from Maker Faire: Kansas City

    On Saturday, I made it out to the first full-blown Maker Faire put on by anyone other that Make Magazine and O’Reilly Media. O’Reilly Media developed a playbook for organizing and executing the event, and Kansas City was home to the pilot of that program, using the historic Union Station as the venue. The event…

  • Maker Faire: Kansas City adds Dougherty, O’Reilly to speaking slate

    Maker Faire: Kansas City earlier this week announced the addition of speeches by Maker Faire’s organizers to its schedule of events. Dale Dougherty (left) and Tim O’Reilly (right), co-founders of O’Reilly Media, organize Maker Faires, which are family-friendly events to make, create, learn, invent, craft, recycle …

  • Events: TechBrew Des Moines, WordCamp Kansas City and more

    We’re striking a nice balance of events across the Priarie this week. With all events starting in the latter half of the week, the SBIR/STTR Proposal Strategy Bootcamp workshop begins on Thursday in Omaha and TechBrew starts sipping later that evening in Des Moines. Taking us into the weekend, we find …

  • Google to expand ultra high-speed network to Kansas City, Mo.

    Google is now giving Kansas Citians on both sides of State Line Road autobahn-fast access to the information superhighway. The Internet giant, which announced on March 30 that it would build its ultra high-speed network in Kansas City, Kan., is expanding that coverage to Kansas City, Mo. …

  • Events: Futurallia, TechBrew Iowa City and more

    Omaha is passing the torch to Des Moines this week in terms of startup events on the Silicon Prairie. …

  • Maker Faire: Kansas City set for June 24-26; entry deadline is Friday

    Maker Faire: Kansas City is coming to Union Station from June 24-26, and the deadline for submissions for the event is Friday. Maker Faire is a three-day event that aims to highlight and bring together science, art, craft and engineers to showcase their work and inspire others to become makers. With the guidance of the…

  • Boxcar’s Jonathan George reflects on Startup Weekend Kansas City (Video)

    The first time Jonathan George participated in Startup Weekend — April 16-17 at Startup Weekend Kansas City (SWKC) — it was as a keynote speaker and judge. Once upon a time, George, the founder and CEO of Boxcar, set the groundwork for Boxcar over the course of a weekend. But he did so without the…

  • Startup Weekend Kansas City: Photo and video wrap-up

    Looking to squeeze every last drop out of the 54 hours of Startup Weekend Kansas City before you transition back to those other 8,706 hours of your year? No to worry: we have you covered. We caught up with SWKC organizers Steven Chau and Adam Coomes to get their thoughts on this year’s event and…

  • Zaarly releases branding, requested city list and Facebook pages

    Zaarly, the proximity-based, real-time, buyer-powered marketplace born out of Startup Weekend Los Angeles this past February and now with significant offices in Kansas City, released a new and enhanced web presence on Friday. Previously, the startup was collecting emails for future launches in a series of city-specific standard LaunchRock …

  • Startup Weekend Kansas City: CraftWig walks away with win

    Behold the power of the T-shirt. It was fitting in a way that CraftWig, the only team to don matching T-shirts for Startup Weekend Kansas City final demonstrations on Sunday, walked away from the bizperc office space as the winner of SWKC. CraftWig, an online community for crafters that offers in-depth tutorials, shopping lists, price…